Our research and evaluation expertise is reflected in the following projects:
Current Projects
- Pathways into Careers in Information Technology: Community College Student Decision Making About Academic Programs and Jobs
- Lumina Foundation’s All Learning Counts Initiative Evaluation
- Non-Degree Credential Quality: A Conceptual Framework to Guide Measurement
- Multiple Measures of Developmental Education in Colorado
- Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics Research
- New Workforce Professionals Academy Evaluation
- Skillful Evaluation
- Pathways to Science and Engineering Professions: Persistence and Career Choice
- Interstate Passport Program Evaluation
- Alternatives to Mathematics Education: An Unprecedented Program (AMP-Up) Evaluation
- Multi-state Longitudinal Data Exchange Evaluation
Past Projects
- A Review of the Literature on Informal Learning
- Adult College Completion Project
- Co-location of American Job Centers on Community College Campuses in North Carolina
- Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program (CHAMP)
- The Colorado Online Energy Training Consortium (COETC)
- Colorado Sector Strategy Evaluation Case Studies
- CREAR Futuros Evaluation
- Assessing the Impact of Student Work During College
- Consortium for Healthcare Education Online (CHEO)
- Clark State Community College Advanced Manufacturing in a Global Economy
- Community Health Worker Program Evaluation
- New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project (NJ-PREP)
- Richland College Veterans-Focused Engineering Technology Project
- Post-Graduate Earnings, Job Security, and Major Choice Survey
- Higher Education Labor Market Alignment Framework
- Pathways for Short Term Credentials
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A Review of the Literature on Informal Learning
The review examines the numerous ways that informal learning occurs, the benefits and drawbacks of these different forms of informal learning, and the implications for equity. View more details.
- Reconceptualizing Learning: A Review of the Literature on Informal Learning
- Reconceptualizing Learning: A Brief on Informal Learning
- Informal Learning Infographic
Adult College Completion Project
The overarching goal of this program is to shift policies and practices within the Workforce Investment System towards the goal of promoting college completion as a possibility for short-term training for clients and to conduct research to determine what difference college completion makes for both client and performance outcomes in the workforce system. View more details.
- Adult College Completion through the Workforce System: The Role of the Eligible Training Provider List in Training Choices
- Adult College Completion Through the Workforce System: Final Outcomes and Data Report
- Adult College Completion through the Workforce System: The Role of High Demand Occupations in Training Choices
- Adult College Completion through the Workforce System: A Research Report on Lessons Learned from a Multistate Intervention Initiative
Co-location of American Job Centers on Community College Campuses in North Carolina
This study examines student outcomes at six community colleges in North Carolina that had co-located AJCs on their campuses. View more details.
Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program (CHAMP)
Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) is participating as the third-party evaluator for the duration of this grant. EERC will identify critical measures of program implementation and evaluate how successfully outlined project goals are being met. View more details.
- CHAMP Year 1 and Year 2 Quantitative Report
- CHAMP Year One Report
- CHAMP Website Brief
- Prior Learning Assessment and Student Outcomes at the Colorado Community College System
- Aims Community College Case Study
- Community College of Denver Case Study
- Emily Griffith Technical College Case Study
- Front Range Community College
- Lamar Community College Case Study
- Metropolitan State University of Denver Case Study
- Pueblo Community College Case Study
- Pikes Peak Community College Case Study
- Red Rocks Community College Case Study
- Lamar Community College Process Brief: Hybrid Welding
- Student Profiles, and Academic and Employment Outcomes
- Navigator Report
- Prior Learning Assessment Implementation and Early Outcomes
- Digital Badging in Colorado
- Addressing Industry Needs in the CTE Classroom
- Automation in the Colorado Manufacturing Industry
- CTE Students at a Crossroads: Understanding Students’ Credential-Based Pathways through CHAMP Offerings
- Labor Market Expectations and Career Pathways: A Survey of CHAMP College Students
- Employer-College Relationships
- Advanced Manufacturing Education in the Context of Local Labor Markets: Understanding Regional Dynamics of Workforce Development in Colorado
- Student Voices
- Final Report Executive Summary
- Final Report
- Equipped for Success: Hands on Learning in the Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program
- What the Future Holds: Career Expectations of Students in the Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program
- Credit Where Credit Is Due: Redesigning Prior Learning Assessment Under the Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program
- CHAMP’s Scorecard: A Quantitative Analysis of the Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program
- Learning from the Learners: Student Impressions of the Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program
- Sustainability: The Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program in Context
- Emblem of Achievement: Digital Badges in the Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program
- Charting the Course to a New Career: The Role of Navigators in the Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program
The Colorado Online Energy Training Consortium (COETC)
Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) is participating as the third-party evaluator for the duration of this grant. EERC will identify critical measures of program implementation and evaluate how successfully outlined project goals are being met. View more details.
- The Transformation of Colorado's Developmental Education Program: Executive Summary
- The Transformation of Colorado's Developmental Education Program: Student Outcomes
- The Transformation of Colorado's Developmental Education Program: Observations and Findings
- CCCS Developmental Education: Subject Matter Expert Review
- COETC Interim Energy Report
- COETC Final Energy Report
- Redesigned Course Outcomes COETC Year One
- Career Coach Caseload Analysis COETC Year One
- End of Year Report COETC Year One
- TAACCCT Career Coaches Finding and Observations
- Aims Community College Case Study
- Arapahoe Community College Case Study
- Colorado Mountain College Case Study
- Colorado Northwestern Community College Case Study
- Community College of Aurora Case Study
- Community College of Denver Case Study
- Front Range Community College Case Study
- Lamar Community College Case Study
- Morgan Community College Case Study
- Northeastern Junior College Case Study
- Otero Junior College Case Study
- Pikes Peak Community College Case Study
- Pueblo Community College Case Study
- Red Rocks Community College Case Study
- Trinidad State Junior College Case Study
Colorado Sector Strategy Evaluation Case Studies
The 10 case studies below were developed by the Center for Women and Work (CWW) at Rutgers University as part of their program evaluation of the Colorado SECTORS Initiative grants. View more details.
- Aerospace Planning Initiative
- Eastern Region Healthcare Partnership
- Eastern Wind Energy Partnership
- Foothills Energy Partnership
- Get Into Water!
- Greater Metro Denver Healthcare Industry Partnership
- Northwest-Western Healthcare Initiative
- Pueblo Manufacturing Collaboration
- Sustainable Manufacturing Alliance
- West by Southwest Healthcare Initiative
Consortium for Healthcare Education Online (CHEO)
Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) is participating as the third-party evaluator for the duration of this grant. EERC will identify critical measures of program implementation and evaluate how successfully outlined project goals are being met. View more details.
- CHEO Final Evaluation Report
- Faculty Development Brief
- Career Coach Report
- Interim Report
- NANSLO Findings and Recommendations
- Flathead Valley Community College Case Study
- Great Falls College Montana State University Case Study
- Kodiak College Case Study
- Lake Area Technical Institute Case Study
- Laramie County Community College Case Study
- Red Rocks Community College Case Study
- Otero Junior College Case Study
- Pueblo Community College Case Study
Clark State Community College Advanced Manufacturing in a Global Economy
Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) is participating as the third-party evaluator for the duration of this grant to develop and reform curriculum to create stackable credentials, improve opportunities for hands-on learning, improve student recruitment and advising, and expand employer engagement. View more details.
- Evaluation of Clark State Community College's Manufacturing in a Global Economy (AMCGE) Training Program Interim Report #1
- Evaluation of Clark State Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing to Compete in a Global Economy (AMCGE) Training Program Final Report Executive Summary
- Evaluation of Clark State Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing to Compete in a Global Economy (AMCGE) Training Program Final Report
Evaluation of the Community Health Worker Program
The CHW training focuses on health education, health promotion, as well as specific skills for work in underserved, low income and/or non-English speaking communities. View more details.
New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project (NJ-PREP)
Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) is participating as the third-party evaluator for the duration of the grant to develop career pathways, increase opportunities for hands-on learning, improve student preparation, improved student career awareness and advising, and expand employer engagement. View more details.
- New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project TAACCCT Evaluation: Final Report: Executive Summary
- New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project TAACCCT Evaluation: Final Report: Implementation and Impact
- New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project TAACCCT Evaluation: Interim Report: Implementation and Early Outcomes
- Issue Brief: Mental Health First Aid Certification in the New Jersey Pathways to Regional Excellence Project (NJ-PREP): Supporting Overall Health on the Front Lines of Care
- Issue Brief: Community College–Workforce System Relationships: New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project (NJ-PREP)
- Issue Brief: Prior Learning Assessment Policy and Practice in the New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project (NJ-PREP)
- Issue Brief: Noncredit-to-Credit Connections: Lessons from the New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project (NJ-PREP)
- Issue Brief: Reflections on Career Pathways in Health Care: College, Employer, and Student Perspectives on the New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project
- Issue Brief: Employer Engagement in the New Jersey Health Professions Pathways to Regional Excellence Project (NJ-PREP): Fostering Alignments and Alliances to Support Student Employment Outcomes
Non-Degree Credential Quality: A Conceptual Framework to Guide Measurement
This paper outlines a broad framework to guide the development of standards and processes to evaluate quality of non-degree credentials. It is intentionally broad to allow stakeholders to identify those elements that are most essential for their purposes, while keeping a few key guidelines in mind. It provides recommendations for key stakeholders to promote the measurement of quality in non-degree credentials. View more details.
Richland College Veterans-Focused Engineering Technology
Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) is participating as the third-party evaluator for the duration of the grant to develop and reform curriculum based on industry standards, improve opportunities for hands-on learning, implement student navigator model, recruit students, especially veterans and their families, and expand employer engagement. View more details.
- Evaluation of Richland College's Veterans-Focused Engineering Technology Project Interim Report #1
- Evaluation of Richland College's Veterans-Focused Engineering Technology Project Interim Report #2
- Evaluation of Richland College's Veterans-Focused Engineering Technology Project Final Report
- Evaluation of Richland College's Veterans-Focused Engineering Technology Project Executive Summary
Post-Graduate Earnings, Job Security, and Major Choice Survey
Consistent with this goal, this project examines the following overarching research question: To what extent does earnings information influence students’ earnings expectations and major choice among students? To what extent does this vary by socioeconomic background? View more details.